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4th District candidates talk affordability, ag and healthcare
RICHLAND — Rising costs, agricultural challenges and concerns about the future of rural healthcare dominated discu…
Pennsylvania governor has $2.2M to help Democrats win seats
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf is renewing his push for his top priorities that have stalled in Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Legislature, and the Democrat will have at least a couple million dollars t…
Bloomberg creates a parallel presidential race. Can he win?
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — When the leading Democratic presidential candidates marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Group clears 1st steps for anti-discrimination ballot drive
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A group organizing a Michigan ballot drive to protect LGBT people from discrimination says it will begin collecting signatures after state election officials approved the format and wording of…
Pentagon: 50 troops suffered brain injuries in Iran strike
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Tuesday raised to 50 the number of U.S. service members who suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iran's missile strike earlier this month on an Iraqi air base, the third time the n…
Klobuchar makes quick trip to Iowa in midst of impeachment
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Amy Klobuchar is still fighting to gain ground in Iowa's presidential caucuses that are now just days away.
Kentucky governor presents budget plan to legislature
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Proposals included in Gov. Andy Beshear's two-year budget plan submitted to the legislature Tuesday evening:
Lev Parnas blocked from Senate impeachment hearing Wednesday
NEW YORK (AP) — An associate of Rudy Giuliani who is awaiting trial on charges that he made illegal campaign contributions has a ticket to Wednesday's U.S. Senate impeachment trial, but he won't be going.
GOP lacks votes to block trial witnesses, McConnell concedes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans lack the votes to block witnesses at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conceded late Tuesday, a potentially major hurdle for Trump's ho…
Question time: What's next in Trump's impeachment trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — With opening arguments wrapped up in
Impeachment gives Romney a chance to assert Senate clout
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s Mitt Romney’s big moment, again.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump defense wrong about FBI investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's defense team falsely claimed the Justice Department was already investigating him even before the 2016 election and distorted the facts about a dossier of opposition resea…
Trump Jr. boosts Hagerty for U.S. Senate in Tennessee trip
GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. hit the campaign trail Tuesday in Tennessee to help hammer home Republican Bill Hagerty's prevailing message in his campaign for the state's open U.S. Senate seat — that he's…
GOP squirms as Bolton prepares to dish on Trump White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — For much of the last 20 years, John Bolton was a conservative poster child, a Republican hawk whose worldview helped shape the GOP establishment’s approach to dicey foreign policy questions.
Oklahoma's mental health commissioner announces resignation
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's long-serving mental health commissioner announced her resignation Tuesday, saying her last day in office will be Feb. 1.
South Dakota governor renews push for 'riot boosting' laws
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem on Tuesday renewed her pitch for lawmakers to try again to pass laws against “riot boosting," despite opposition from Native American tribes who say Noem…